Officials rescue 41 macaques and arrest man in Udon Thani

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Wildlife conservation officials rescued 41 macaque monkeys and arrested a man as he was attempting to smuggle the animals across the border into Laos on Tuesday.

 

Officials from the Protected Area Region 10 Office, based in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani, and police from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division stopped a car in Nong Han district, suspicious that it may contain contraband.

 

The officials found 13 plastic containers filled with macaque monkeys. 41 of them were alive, but three were dead. The driver of the car, identified as “Boonchuay”, a native of Don Sawan district in Chaiyaphum province, was then taken into custody for questioning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/officials-rescue-41-macaques-and-arrest-man-in-udon-thani/

 

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[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The officials found 13 plastic containers filled with macaque monkeys. 41 of them were alive, but three were dead. The driver of the car, identified as “Boonchuay”, a native of Don Sawan district in Chaiyaphum province, was then taken into custody for questioning.

Honest I was going to release them back into the wild officer.

[PETERTHEEATER]

Too many macaques in some areas that they are at pest level despite sterilisation programmes.